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Feature Article

Serving those who serve

Insights on pastoring a church in a community with a military installation by Greg Baxter Pastor, Faith Journey Church, Lawton, OK As a 22-year-old airman returning from England for my final six months of duty […]

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Feature Article

God’s man in the present crisis

(Excerpted from a sermon preached by John Rawlings at the Fundamental Baptist Congress of North America in Grand Rapids, MI, in October 1966.) “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John” (John […]

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On the Table

Lessons from founders

by Keith Bassham Someone not well acquainted with the Baptist Bible Fellowship may well misunderstand the coverage of the passing of John Rawlings in this magazine. Hagiography is not the intent, but since Mr. Rawlings […]

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AfterWords

Remembering John W. Rawlings

Personal memories of John W. Rawlings By Mike Randall I became aware of John W. Rawlings as a first-year student at Bap­tist Bible College in 1960. I painted signs for businesses and R. O. Woodworth, […]

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Baptist History

William Collier

He made a difference by Thomas Ray William Collier was born in 1771 in Scituate, MA. His mother was a devoted Christian, and she instilled in William biblical principles that would mold and guide him […]

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Urban Current

The death of death

by Charles Lyons Six-feet-plus with a football player’s build. Half black, half Polish. For years I assumed he was Puerto Rican. I wish you could meet Richard.* When our church moved into the hulking former […]

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President Perspective

A tribute

by Linzy Slayden Has someone ever left such an imprint in your life that it made them unforgettable? A mark larger than life? An imprint that made you yearn to be a better person? Our […]

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Worldwide Missions

The task before us

by Jon Konnerup I recently read of the term gospel inequality — the free access to the gospel that most people in the Western world enjoy but that billions in other places do not. It […]

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Church Planting

John Arnold on NCPO Candidate School

by Wayne Guinn It was exciting to be in Texas in January with our church planting school. Let me share a perspective from one of our speakers, John Arnold, of Library Baptist Church in Finleyville, […]